Author: ROYAL SOCIETY
Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Volume C 1921-1922 (Numbers 702-707)
Description: London: The Royal Society, 1922. First Edition; First Edition. Library Buckram. Vi, 626, xiv pages. With plates, diagrams, tables & illustrations. Original wrappers bound in. With library stamps & labels. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. ; Ex-Library; Quarto; SERIES A. VOL. C. Minutes of Meetings, November 3, 1921-February 23, 1922 iNo. A 702.-October 4, 1921.Ñ On the Velocity of Sound in Gases at High Temperatures, and the Ratio of the Specific Heats. By Harold B. Dixon, C. B. E, F. R. S, Colin Campbell, D. Sc, and A. Parker, D. Sc Ñ The Ratio of the Specific Heats of Air and of Carbon Dioxide. By J. R. Partington, D. Sc. Communicated by Dr. J. A. Harker, F. R. S Ñ On the Currents induced in a Conductor by the Passage of a Mass of Magnetic Material over it. By E. S. Bieler, M. Sc, 1851 Scholar of McGill University. Communicated by Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S. (Plate 1) Ñ On some New Formulae for the Numerical Calculation of the Mutual Induction of Coaxial Circles. By Louis V. King, D. Sc, Macdonald Professor of Physics, McGill University, Montreal. Communicated by Prof. A. S. Eve, F. R. S Ñ Gaseous Combustion at High Pressures. Part II. -The Explosion of Hydrogen-Air and Carbon Monoxide-Air Mixtures. By William Arthur Bone, D. Sc, Ph. D, F. R. S, and the late William Arthur Haward, M. Sc, Salters+ ResearchFellow. Ñ On the Spectra of Lead Isotopes. By T. R. Merton, F. R. S Ñ The Adsorption of Gas by Charcoal, Silica, and other Substances. By Henry Briggs, D. Sc, Ph. D, Professor of Mining, Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh. Communicated by Prof. J. F. Thorpe, F. R. SÑ On the Transmission Colours of Sulphur Suspensions. By C. V. Raman, M. A, Palit Professor of Physics, and Bidhubhusan Ray, M. Sc, Lecturer in Optics, Calcutta University. Communicated by Dr. G. C. Simpson, F. R. S Ñ The Photographic Efficiency of Heterogeneous Light. By F. C. Toy, M. Sc, A. Inst. P. Communicated by Prof. A. W. Porter, F. R. S No. A 703.-November 1, 1921.Ñ Experiments with Rotating Fluids. By G. I. Taylor, F. R. S. (Plate 2) Ñ On certain Geological Effects of the Cooling of the Earth. By Harold Jeffreys, M. A, D. Sc, Fellow of St. John+s College, Cambridge. Communicated by Dr. G. C. Simpson, F. R. S. Ñ On the Absorption of Light by Electrically Luminescent Mercury Vapour. By E. P. Metcalfe and B. Venkatesachar. Communicated by Prof. A. W. Porter, F. R. S. (Plate 3) Ñ Revision of Series in the Arc Spectrum of Mercury. By Herbert Dingle, D. I. C, A. B. O. Sc, B. Sc, Demonstrator of Astrophysics, Imperial College of Science and Technology. Communicated by Prof. A. Fowler, F. R. S. (Plates 4 and 5) Ñ The Spectrum of Ionised Potassium. By J. C. McLennan, F. R. S, Professor of Physics, University of Toronto. (Plate 6) Ñ On the Refractive Indices of Mercury and Thallium Yapours. By J. C. McLennan, F. R. S. Professor of Physics, University of TorontoÑ On the Emission and Absorption Spectra of Mercury. By Prof. J. C. McLennan, F. R. S, and W. W. Shaver, M. A, University of Toronto. (Plate 7) Ñ On the Structure of the Balmer Series Lines of Hydrogen. By J. C. McLennan, F. R. S, Professor of Physics, and P. Lowe, M. A, University of Toronto. (Plate 8) No. A 704.-December 1, 1921.Ñ A Problem in the Theory of Heat Conduction. By J. W. Nicholson, F. R. SÑ A Study of Catalytic Actions at Solid Surfaces. Part VII. -The Influence of Pressure on the Rate of Hydrogenation of Liquids in Presence of Nickel. By E. F. Armstrong, D. Sc, F. R. S, and T. P. Hilditch, D. Sc Ñ On -Light Body+ Hydrophones and the Directional Properties of Microphones. By A. B. Wood, D. Sc, F. Inst. P, and F. B. Young, B. A, D. Sc, F. Inst. P. Communicated by Sir W. Bragg, F. R. SÑ On the Acoustic Disturbances produced by Small Bodies in Plane Waves transmitted through Water, with special Reference to the Single-plate Direction Finder. By A. B. Wood, D. Sc, F. Inst. P, and F. B. Young, B. A, D. Sc, F. Inst. P. Communicated by Sir W. Bragg, F. R. S Ñ The Principles of Internal Ballistics. By J. Proudman, University of Liverpool. Communicated by H. Lamb, F. R. SÑ The Harmonic Development of the Tide-generating Potential. By A. T. Doodson, D. Sc, Tidal Institute, the University of Liverpool. Communicated by Prof. H. Lamb, F. R. SÑ The Production of Single Crystals of Aluminium and their Tensile Properties. By H. C. H. Carpenter, F. R. S, Professor of Metallurgy, Royal School of Mines, and Constance F. Elam. (Plates 9-12) No. A 705.-January 2, 1922.Ñ Address of the President, Prof. C. S. Sherrington, at the Anniversary Meeting, November 30, 1921 Ñ The Aurora Line in the Spectrum of the Night Sky. By Lord Rayleigh, F. R. SÑ The Thermal Stresses in Spherical Shells Concentrically Heated. By Charles H. Lees, D. Sc, F. R. S. Ñ The Two-dimensional Slow Motion of Viscous Fluids. By L. Bairstow, F. R. S. Professor of Aerodynamics, Imperial College of Science and Technology, Miss B. M. Cave, and Miss E. D, Lang, M. A Ñ The Law of Distribution of Particles in Colloidal Solution. By E. F. Burton, Associate Professor of Physics, and Miss E. Bishop, M. A, Department of Physics, University of Toronto. Communicated by Prof. J. C. McLennan, F. R. S Ñ A New Form of Interferometer. By H. P. Waran, M. A. (Madras) , Government of India Scholar of the University of Madras. Communicated by Prof. H. F. Newall, F. R. S Ñ On the Whispering-Gallery Phenomenon. By C. V. Raman, M. A, Palit Professor of Physics in the Calcutta University, and G. A. Sutherland, M. A, Assistant Lecturer in Physics, University College, London. Communicated by Prof. A. W. Porter, F. R. S Ñ On the Viscosities of the Hydrogen Halides. By H. Harle, A. R. C. S, B. Sc, D. I. C, Demonstrator in Physics, Imperial College of Science and Technology. Communicated by Prof. H. L. Callendar, F. R. S. Ñ On the Numerical Solution of Linear Integral Equations. By H. Bateman. Communicated by Prof. E. T. Whittaker, F. R. S. No. A 706.-February 1, 1922.Ñ The Atomic Process in Ferro-magnetic Induction. By Sir J. Alfred Ewing, K. G. B, F. R. S Ñ A Contribution to the Thermodynamical Theory of Explosions. -Parts I and II. By Sir J. B. Henderson, D. Sc, and Prof. H. R. HassÄ, D. Sc. Communicated by Sir J. A. Ewing, F. R. SÑ The Specific Heats of Air, Steam, and Carbon Dioxide. By W. D. Womersley, M. A, B. Sc, Demonstrator in Mechanism and Applied Mechanics in the University of Cambridge. Communicated by Sir Dugald Clerk, F. R. S Ñ The Effect of Shallow Water on Wave Resistance. By T. H. Havelock, F. R. S. Ñ The Diffraction of Plane Electromagnetic Waves by a Perfectly Reflecting Sphere. By F. Puryer White, M. A, Fellow of St. John+s College, Cambridge. Communicated by Dr. T. J. I+A. Bromwich, F. R. S Ñ On the Scattering of º-Rays. By J. A. Crowther, Sc. D, F. Inst. P, University Lecturer in Physics as applied to Medical Radiology, Cambridge, and B. F. J. Schonland, O. B. E, B. A, George Green Student of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S No. A 707.-March 1, 1922.Ñ Boundary Lubrication. -The Paraffin Series. By W. B. Hardy, Sec. R. S, and Ida Doubleday Ñ The Influence of Temperature on Two Alternative Modes of Decomposition of Formic Acid. By C. N. Hinshelwood, B. A, Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, H. Hartley, M. A, Fellow of Balliol College, and B. Topley, Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford. Communicated by Prof. J. W. Nicholson, F. R. S Ñ Researches on the Chemistry of Coal. Part II. -The Resinic Constituents and Coking Propensities of Coals. By William A. Bone, D. Sc, F. R. S, A. R. Pearson, M. Sc, LL. B, E. Sinkinson, B. Sc, D. I. C, and W. E. Stockings, M. Sc Ñ The Minimum Electron Energies Associated with the Excitation of the Spectra of Helium. By Ann Catherine Davies, M. Sc, Assistant Lecturer in Physics, Koyal Holloway College, Englefield Green. Communicated by Prof. Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S. (Plate 13) Ñ Atmospheric Pressure and Refractive Indices, with a Corresponding Table of Indices of Optical Glass. By Lieut.-Colonel J. W. Gifford, F.R.A.S. Communicated by Sir Joseph Petavel, F.R.S Ñ Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased : o William Odling (with portrait) o Alexander Muirhead Ñ Erratum. Good .

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